“Jacked”
#512/Ep. 91
Written by
Don McGill
Directed by
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Production Draft – 10/30/08 Rev. FULL Blue – 11/6/08 Rev. FULL Pink – 11/11/08 Rev. Yellow – 11/13/08 Rev. Green – 11/17/08 Rev. Goldenrod – 11/25/08 (Pages: 48.)
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“Jacked”
Ep. #512 – Production Draft: Rev. Goldenrod – 11/25/08
SCRIPT REVISION HISTORY
COLOR DATE PAGES WHITE 10/30/08 (1-58) REV. FULL BLUE 11/6/08 (1-58) REV. FULL PINK 11/11/08 (1-59) REV. YELLOW 11/13/08 (1,3,4,6,10,11,17,18,19, 21,25,27,29,30,30A,40,42, 47,49,49A,50,51,53,55, 55A,56,56A,57,59,60.) REV. GREEN 11/17/08 (3,6,19,21,35.) REV. GOLDENROD 11/25/08 (48.)
“Jacked”
Ep. #512 – Production Draft: Rev. FULL Pink – 11/11/08
CAST LIST
DON EPPES CHARLIE EPPES ALAN EPPES DAVID SINCLAIR LARRY FLEINHARDT AMITA RAMANUJAN COLBY GRANGER LIZ WARNER
TIM KING BUCKLEY LEN WALSH JACK SHULER/HAWAIIAN SHIRT GUY CAITLIN TODD BUS DRIVER MOTHER BUS TECH N.D. AGENT
“Jacked”
Ep. #512 – Production Draft: Rev. FULL Pink – 11/11/08
SET LIST
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
FBI FBI BULLPEN BRIDGE WAR ROOM TECH ROOM HOLLYWOOD STREET(S) INTERVIEW ROOM HALLWAY(S) SIGHTSEEING BUS LOBBY DOWNTOWN STREET(S) EPPES HOUSE DINING ROOM AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD LIVING ROOM MOBILE COMMAND VAN
CALSCI * CHARLIE’S OFFICE HALLWAY COLBY’S CHARGER *
SIGHTSEEING BUS
BUILDING OVERLOOKING ROAD
BUS STATION
N.D. WAREHOUSE
COLBY’S CHARGER *
“Jacked”
Ep. #512 – Production Draft: Rev. FULL Pink – 11/11/08
TIME SPAN
This episode takes place over 1 day.
DAY/NIGHT SCENES NOTES
Day One: 1-69 * Night One: 70-82 * Scene 74 is omitted. *
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“Jacked” TEASER BLACK BOX OPENING: 24.9 MILLION TOURISTS PER YEAR 128 BIT ENCRYPTION KEY 18 MILLION DOLLARS 4 HOURS 1 EXT. HOLLYWOOD STREET - DAY 1
A SIGHTSEEING BUS idles (the LOGO on the side reads “HOLLYWOODLINE TOURS”). PANNING ACROSS “Walk of Fame” stars WE FIND a PAIR OF GOOFY SHOES belonging to... 2 EXT./INT. SIGHTSEEING BUS - DAY 2
The BUS DRIVER (40), who ushers TOURISTS on board the bus, trying his best to make the 10,000th time he’s done this seem like the first -- BUS DRIVER Welcome to Hollywood, folks. Watch your step. “Breakin’ a leg” here doesn’t mean good luck... A MOTHER (38) boards with her son, TODD (14) -- TODD This blows. At least the hotel had video-games -- MOTHER You’ve shot enough mutants today. (through gritted teeth) This is going to be fun. The Driver gives her a sympathetic look. OTHER TOURISTS get on, mostly couples. A single male -- HAWAIIAN SHIRT GUY (JACK SHULER), 35 -- shoots the Driver a look... HAWAIIAN SHIRT GUY Hope your A/C’s working. More TOURISTS board. Among them... FOUR MEN WITH BACKPACKS (BUCKLEY, KIROV, HAYS, CRAYPO), their packs bulging more than you’d expect for just a day-trip. KIROV stumbles, an edgy vibe. BUCKLEY grabs his bag, helps him on. The Driver gives them the once-over. BUCKLEY smiles it off --
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BUCKLEY Little too much partying last night. BUS DRIVER Got his whole suitcase in there? BUCKLEY We’re staying at a hostel downtown. Didn’t want our stuff walking out. The Driver nods. The FOUR MEN grab seats. An exchange of looks between them tells us the Driver may’ve bought the story, but something here is definitely not right. The LAST TOURIST gets on. OFF the Driver closing the doors, CUT TO: 3 INT. SIGHTSEEING BUS - DAY - TRAVELLING 3
The BUS on the move. The Driver launching into his patter. BUS DRIVER Hope you folks have your cameras. The next two hours, we’ll be hittin’ all the spots. Walk of Fame, Sunset Strip, homes of the stars... a little excursion down Rodeo Drive... He throws a smile back at the MOTHER of the teen -- BUS DRIVER (cont’d) ...for the Pretty Woman in the back. The MOTHER smiles back. The SON rolls his eyes. The MOTHER eyes KIROV beading sweat, looks to BUCKLEY -- MOTHER Your friend okay? BUCKLEY He doesn’t like crowds. BUS DRIVER (resuming his patter) ...So sit back and relax. And keep a sharp eye. Any of you sell a photo to the Enquirer, I get ten percent. First stop, Kodak Theatre, home of the Oscars -- The TOURISTS press noses to the glass. On BUCKLEY’s nod, the MEN open their packs. BUCKLEY and HAYS pull guns. KIROV takes out an ARRAY OF ELECTRONICS. CRAYPO grabs a PAINT PUMP SPRAYER. BUCKLEY advances on the Driver, gun levelled.
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BUCKLEY Just keep driving. The TOURISTS’ attention is drawn to the gunmen. They react -- some panic, some pray. The MOTHER tries to calm her son -- MOTHER It’s OK, everything’s gonna be okay. BUCKLEY Stay in your seats. Do what I say, no one will get hurt. KIROV deploys his ELECTRONICS. CRAYPO spray-paints the windows. HAYS grabs a bag, starts down the aisle -- BUCKLEY (cont’d) My associate’s coming down the aisle. Place all items -- wallets, cameras, cell phones, everything -- in the bag. MOTHER If it’s our money you want, take it. BUCKLEY (gun in her face) I don’t want your money. HAWAIIAN SHIRT GUY You don’t need to do that. BUCKLEY You want to stop me? A hard look between them. BUCKLEY moves on. The MOTHER spies HAWAIIAN SHIRT GUY palming his cell. He puts a finger to his lips -- shhh.
ANGLE ON THE BUS DRIVER... an odd STATIC NOISE directs his attention to KIROV, deploying a LOW-LEVEL NOISE CANCELLATION MACHINE, as... CRAYPO paints the windows with the PUMP SPRAYER (cocooning all except or small strip across the windshield and on the driver’s side window, enough to see the road and side view mirror). BUCKLEY turns to the Driver -- BUCKLEY (cont’d) Cut the A/C. Crank up the heat. Take the next right, the alley. The Driver hits the turn signal. His hand lingers near a RED PANIC BUTTON under the dash. He steals a look at BUCKLEY. OFF the Driver, eyeing the BUTTON, debating his next move. NUMB3RS: 512/91 - "Jacked" - Rev. Goldenrod - 11/25/08 4.
4 INT. FBI - HALLWAY - DAY 4
DAVID briefs DON, on the move -- DAVID Dispatcher received a panic button distress call 20 minutes ago from one of his company’s sightseeing buses. He radioed the driver, guy’s not responding. With a busload of tourists missing, they called us. They move into... 5 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY - CONTINUOUS 5
Where they find the company’s Head of Security, LEN WALSH, 45, and a BUS TECH, 25. David does the introductions -- DAVID Agent Don Eppes... Len Walsh -- LEN WALSH -- Head of Security for HollywoodLine Tours. Appreciate your help. DON You have any more information? LEN WALSH No, but we have smart-VIT... vehicle immobilization technology. GPS-based anti-hijacking software -- DAVID -- designed to stop a bus, remotely.
LEN WALSH After 9/11 we installed it on all our buses. To prevent terrorists from stealing one, turning it into a weapon. DAVID From here, they can access the bus’s onboard computer, hit a “kill-switch” to shut down the engine. DON How soon? LEN WALSH We’re ready now. Put it up...
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The BUS TECH puts up a SATELLITE MAP, a RED DOT (the BUS) MOVING on it... LEN WALSH (cont’d) ...GPS is feeding us real-time data. Looks like they’re heading downtown. Don and David study the map, the path of the bus -- DAVID These guys want to make a statement, they chose the right place. City Hall, Financial District, a half- dozen schools, churches, synagogues -- max casualties and headlines. DON We need to stop these guys now. 6 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - DAY 6
The BUS is on the move. It ZOOMS BY, WHIPPING PAST... 7 EXT./INT. COLBY’S CHARGER - DAY 7
Surveilling. COLBY in driver’s seat, LIZ shotgun. Headsets. LIZ They’re on 4th, crossing Mission. DON (ON RADIO) Stay with ‘em. They pull out, follow the BUS... as we CUT TO: 8 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 8
Don eyeing the SATELLITE MAP, a HIVE OF ACTIVITY around him. David walks up, with SWAT CDR TIM KING (#410, “Chinese Box”). DAVID Cavalry’s here. KING Left my horse in the barn. (throws a look to David) Last time I saw this guy he was stuck in an elevator with a maniac. DAVID Been taking the stairs since.
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King smiles, looks at the SATELLITE MAP -- a single RED DOT (the bus) MOVING; ONE SMALLER BLUE DOT (COLBY’S CHARGER) shadowing. They cross to Walsh and the BUS TECH, working his laptop. BUS TECH I’m in. ON THE LAPTOP we see: “smart-VIT SYSTEM PASSWORD ACCEPTED”... DON Hit the kill-switch. The Tech nods, hits the send key. ON THE LAPTOP we see: “INITIATING VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION”... A “VIRTUAL SPEEDOMETER” display shows the bus slowing down. CUT TO: 9 EXT./INT. COLBY’S CHARGER - DAY - TRAVELLING 9
COLBY’S SPEEDOMETER dropping, as he and Liz tail the bus... COLBY They’re slowing down, Don. DON (ON RADIO) SWAT’s moving in. 10 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - DAY 10
TWO SWAT SUV’S converge, block the street. SIX SWAT GUYS get out, take cover, as... the BUS approaches. 11 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 11
The TECH gets a sudden look of concern. On the LAPTOP we see flashing: “ERROR: SYSTEM OVERRIDE.” The VIRTUAL SPEEDOMETER shows the bus speeding up: 22 mph...24...27...31...35... BUS TECH What the hell...? Don and crew circle around, as... the TECH feverishly types commands. ON THE LAPTOP we see flashing: “ACCESS DENIED”... BUS TECH (cont’d) They’ve over-ridden the system... I’m locked out. I can’t stop it. OFF the “VIRTUAL SPEEDOMETER” gaining speed, CUT TO: NUMB3RS: 512/91 - "Jacked" - Rev. Goldenrod - 11/25/08 7.
12 INT./EXT. COLBY’S CHARGER - DAY - TRAVELLING 12
COLBY’S SPEEDOMETER increasing just as fast, as he and Liz watch the bus accelerating, closing fast on the SWAT UNITS -- LIZ They’re gonna blow right through ‘em! 13 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 13
KING Back off! NOW! 14 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - DAY 14
The SWAT GUYS scramble back into their SUVs. Hit the gas, pull away in the nick of time, as... the bus blows past them. The TWO SWAT SUVs burn rubber, follow the bus in hot pursuit. DON (ON RADIO) Stand down, Granger. SWAT’s got ‘em. Colby and Liz pull to a stop, as... 15 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 15
ON PLASMA, we see “DASH-CAM” SURVEILLANCE VIDEO of the bus from one of the SWAT SUVs following. The LAND LINE PHONE LIGHTS UP. David answers, looks to Don -- DAVID Switchboard. There’s a guy asking for the agent in charge... DON (punches speakerphone) This is Don Eppes. Who’s this?
BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) 18 hostages. We want 18 million dollars. Tell the bus company guy standing next to you to call his banker -- you have until 7. CLICK. DIALTONE. Don punches off the speakerphone. David eyes the clock on the War Room wall -- it’s 3 p.m. DAVID We’ve got four hours.
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ACT ONE 16 INT. EPPES HOUSE - DINING ROOM - DAY 16
A 5-gallon BUCKET is on the table (protected by newspapers). CHARLIE, LARRY and AMITA enter, holding their noses. AMITA What’s that smell? LARRY The offending malodor seems to be emanating from that conspicuous centerpiece on the dining room table -- The kitchen door opens. ALAN enters, carrying a small pail. CHARLIE -- That’s not the only place it’s coming from. Dad, you smell like... ALAN ...Cow manure puree? -- it is bad in here. CHARLIE Why is there...“puree” on the dining room table? ALAN Had to bring it inside. Neighbors complained. The road to progress is paved with naysayers. AMITA Progress?
ALAN I’m doing research for our Think Tank. LARRY Perhaps “Stink Tank” is more apt -- (off collective looks) I do allow myself one Borscht Belt indiscretion per year. ALAN I read about this project at MIT... engineers added cow manure to a bucket of charcoal -- the idea was to generate enough electricity to power a cell phone for a year --
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AMITA Perfect for parts of the developing world where electricity’s scarce -- CHARLIE -- and “puree” isn’t. AMITA Does it work? ALAN It’s not soup yet. Alan pours more manure puree from the pail into the bucket. CHARLIE You’re not using my blender, are you? LARRY Alan, while I applaud the endeavor, I’m not sure such pursuits properly fall under the purview of our intended enterprise. ALAN Meaning? LARRY Scientific method is based on theoretical inquiry, followed by brute force experimentation. I fear we’re putting the laboratory before the laboratory of the mind. ALAN I say if we’re going to improve the world, work from the ground up. (looks to Charlie) You’re the Team Leader. Am I right? Charlie’s on the hot seat, Alan and Larry staring at him. His cell RINGS, saving him. He check the number, answers -- CHARLIE Hey, Don, what’s up? -- Sure, I’ll be right there. 17 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - DAY 17
The BUS, on the move. TWO FBI SUVs following behind. NUMB3RS: 512/91 - "Jacked" - Rev. Goldenrod - 11/25/08 10.
18 INT. FBI - HALLWAY - DAY 18
PICK UP Colby briefing Don, on the move... COLBY We’re keeping eyes on the bus. DON Where’s it headed? COLBY Nowhere... It just keeps looping around downtown. DON What this guy’s plan? COLBY He’s smart enough to beat the bus company’s system, he’s gotta have something... We figure out yet how our bad guys over-rode the kill- switch? DON I’m hoping Charlie’s got an answer. 19 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 19
ON PLASMAS: the DASH-CAM VIDEO of the bus and COMPUTER CODE. Charlie at a laptop, studies the code; Don and Walsh observe. CHARLIE Based on my analysis, I’d say they defeated the anti-hijacking system, well...the old-fashioned way. DON How’s that? CHARLIE They hacked in. LEN WALSH When we installed smart-VIT on our buses, we were told it was unhackable. CHARLIE Nothing is unhackable. But the truth is, you gave them the key to the front door when your Tech accessed the system. (MORE)
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19 CONTINUED: 19 CHARLIE (cont’d) They were waiting -- tapped into the bus’s onboard computer -- ready to steal the PIN password with a decryption algorithm. LEN WALSH That’s how they got in, how’d they lock us out? CHARLIE They changed the password, altered the PIN. DON Can you get us back in, stop the bus? CHARLIE Like I said, anything can be hacked. (looks to Don) I want to get Amita in on this -- it’s a number theory problem. DON Hack fast. We got three-and-a-half hours. 20 INT. FBI - HALLWAY/BULLPEN - DAY 20
Don and Walsh, on the move... LEN WALSH You think he can pull it off? DON If he can’t, we go to Plan B. LEN WALSH What’s that? DON I’m working on it. David, cradling his phone, looks up from his desk, to Don -- DAVID It’s our guy. Line One. Don crosses to David’s desk, hits the speakerphone -- DON Eppes.
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BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) I see cops in my rear-view. DON Really think we weren’t gonna follow you? BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) What’s the status on the money? DON We’re working on it. BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) Let me guess -- it’s gonna take time. More than four hours. Don swaps a look with David -- what’s this guy’s game? DON It’s a lot of cash to put together. BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) Just so we’re clear... for every minute past 7, I kill a hostage. Of course, the price per head will drop too. If the company wants to bargain down to zero, that’s their decision. DON I’ll pass that along. Now you gotta give me something -- BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) -- Proof the hostages are unharmed? DON (another look to David) ...That’s right. 21 INT. SIGHTSEEING BUS - DAY 21
CLOSE ON a cell phone held up to... the MOTHER of the teen. MOTHER Please... I’ve got my son. Give them what they want. FOLLOW the phone back to BUCKLEY -- BUCKLEY 7 o’clock.
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He hangs up. CLICK... DIALTONE carrying over... 22 INT. FBI - HALLWAY/BULLPEN - DAY 22
Don punches off the speakerphone. Don, David, Walsh digest. DAVID Guy’s reading our playbook. LEN WALSH Hope Plan B’s good. Walsh exits, as... Liz walks up, an urgent vibe -- LIZ You’re not gonna believe this... We’ve got eyes in the bus -- 23 INT. FBI - TECH ROOM - DAY 23
Don and Liz enter. ON PLASMA we see STREAMED LIVE VIDEO of the inside of the bus (skewed angle, degraded). We see the FRIGHTENED PASSENGERS, the FOUR BAD GUYS with guns. DON Where are we getting this from? LIZ Miami P.D. Liz ZOOMS IN ON... HAWAIIAN SHIRT GUY -- LIZ (cont’d) Name’s Jack Shuler. Miami narcotics. He’s on vacation. DON Guy picked the wrong bus. LIZ Ten minutes ago, he made a video call from his cell phone to his squad, started streaming a live feed... DON ...and now Miami’s looping us. LIZ Guy’s got guts. Don spies BUCKLEY giving orders to the other bad guys --
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DON Looks like our alpha... Liz nods to a TECH, working on a laptop. ONSCREEN we see: FACES -- BUCKLEY and HAYS, ISO’d and BLOWN UP, but DEGRADED. LIZ Images are degraded, it’s slowing down facial recognition. DON What about that thing Charlie did -- the face in the mirror? LIZ Diffeomorphic Matching? (off Don’s look, wry) I pay attention. We’re using it. Soon as we’ve got faces, we’ll run ‘em against fed and local databases. DON Run ‘em against the bus company, too. LIZ You’re thinking someone in this crew knows more than they should about the company’s anti-hijacking system. DON We got faces, I want names. Liz’s cell RINGS. She checks the display, turns it off -- DON (cont’d) Everything okay? LIZ Supposed to fly to Denver tomorrow. I’m meeting with the ADIC there. DON What’s the job? LIZ Supervisor, organized crime unit. They’re looking to fill the post by the end of the month. DON You want it?
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LIZ Huge opportunity. (then, changing subject) I’ll go find Walsh, tell him we’re gonna need his company’s files. Liz exits. OFF Don, watching her go. 24 INT. CALSCI - CHARLIE’S OFFICE - DAY 24
Charlie and Amita crunch away on their laptops, as Larry studies decryption equations on the board. (ON MONITORS, Charlie has the DASH-CAM VIDEO from the SWAT SUV following the bus and the STREAMED VIDEO coming from inside it) CHARLIE Our hacker knows what he’s doing. AMITA 128-bit encryption key... he’s definitely not making our lives easy. LARRY Perhaps an application of Shor’s algorithm is in order. CHARLIE That’s next if this doesn’t work. Off Larry’s nod... Alan enters, takes in the scene -- ALAN Am I interrupting? CHARLIE Just trying to rescue a busload of tourists being held at gunpoint by 4 men demanding 18 million dollars. AMITA (off Alan’s look) ...Unfortunately, he’s not joking. ALAN Clearly you have more pressing matters. I just wanted to mention that I stopped by Galuski’s Engineering class for a chat. He’s on board with the cow manure fuel- cell idea. Larry looks up, not happy --
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LARRY You spoke with Galuski? ALAN He’s an associate member of our Think Tank, I wanted his opinion. Anyway, he said I have his vote. LARRY I had a similarly spirited discussion with Brecker in Astrophysics. He thought perhaps we might better model our efforts on Paul Davies’ “Cosmic Think Tank” at Arizona State. ALAN ...Paul Davies? LARRY Cosmologist, theoretical physicist, ponderer of quantum questions... ALAN Sounds a little “head-in-the-clouds,” don’t you think? LARRY ...As opposed to “poo-on-the-table”? Alan’s not amused. Charlie steps in -- CHARLIE Guys, this isn’t the time. ALAN LARRY Fair enough. Point conceded.
ALAN But the longer we wait to decide what we’re doing, the more time we waste. LARRY On that we agree. Charlie throws Amita a helpless look. 25 INT. FBI - LOBBY - DAY 25
David and Walsh walk and talk --
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DAVID We got a hit off your employee database. David hands Walsh a file (a BUS CO. ID PHOTO OF PHIL CRAYPO attached). Walsh looks at it -- LEN WALSH Phil Craypo. Mechanic. Terminated three months ago for using drugs on the job. DAVID He know about the smart-VIT system? LEN WALSH Man takes buses apart and puts them back together... he knows enough. DAVID File says you’re the guy who fired him. LEN WALSH (prickly) I fire a lot of people... when they don’t do their job. They PASS THE MAIN DESK, where Liz is getting a visitor’s badge for a PRETTY WOMAN (CAITLIN). David eyes the woman -- LIZ This is Caitlin Dawes. Her fiance is on the bus... CAITLIN ...Jack Shuler. Works for Miami P.D.
Off which, CUT TO: 26 INT. FBI - INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY 26
Don and Liz, with Caitlin. DON How did you know? CAITLIN Jack texted me, told me he was going to find a way to get word to the FBI. (beat, anxious) Is he okay?
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DON I’m sorry. We can’t discuss the case. CAITLIN ...I understand. LIZ Is there anyone you can stay with? CAITLIN Jack and I are on vacation. We’re in L.A. for the day. We’re supposed to get married this weekend in Vegas. She looks off, lost... CAITLIN (cont’d) This morning, I told him I didn’t want to go. I hate touristy crap... (beat) It’s gonna be okay... right? They take in her sadness. Liz’s cell RINGS, she answers -- LIZ Warner... She listens a beat, then hangs up. Looks to Don -- LIZ (cont’d) Charlie’s hacked the hack. 27 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 27
Don enters to find David and Walsh. ON PLASMAS we see... The SATELLITE MAP, RED DOT (BUS) MOVING, BLUE DOTS (FBI SUVs) following. We see the STREAMED VIDEO from inside the bus, BAD GUYS holding the PASSENGERS at gunpoint. We see the DASH- CAM VIDEO from the SWAT SUV following the bus. DAVID They’re heading toward Van Nuys Airport. LEN WALSH Escape plan, maybe. Helicopter, small plane... DAVID We have Charlie on video-conference.
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David punches up CHARLIE IN HIS OFFICE on ANOTHER SCREEN -- DON Hey, Charlie. We good? CHARLIE (ON VIDEO) I’m ready. Just say the word. DAVID (points to a road) Most direct route is this access road. We stop ‘em there... it’s isolated, snipers can maybe get a look. Don nods, heads for the door -- DON Call Colby and King, tell them to meet me. (off David and Walsh) If I’m gonna negotiate with this bastard, I wanna be there. 28 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD - DAY 28
The BUS ZOOMS toward us, FBI SUVs in pursuit. WHIPPING PAST, as we CUT TO: 29 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 29
On MONITORS: the STREAMED VIDEO from the bus; DASH-CAM VIDEO from the SUV following the bus; the SATELLITE MAP showing the RED DOT (BUS) moving, BLUE DOTS (SUVs) close behind -- approaching a CLUSTER OF BLUE DOTS (MOBILE COMMAND VAN and SUVs at the ROADBLOCK) -- COLBY (V.O.) Looks like David’s hunch was right... ANGLE ON DON, COLBY & KING standing at the back of a MOBILE COMMAND VAN, studying the monitor. (NOTE: everyone on headset/mics) -- COLBY (cont’d) ...They’re coming right to us. King nods to TWO SWAT SUVs pulling across the road, SIX SWAT GUYS getting out and taking cover behind them (TWO POLICE CARS positioning behind them) --
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KING Roadblock’s set... He nods to SNIPERS in the windows of buildings overlooking -- KING (cont’d) ...Snipers are in position. 30 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 30
ON PLASMAS we see the same series of images: the SATELLITE MAPS, the STREAMED VIDEO, the surveillance camera angles on the bus and roadblock. David (with Walsh) sees the LAND LINE PHONE LIGHT UP. DAVID Don. He’s on Line One. DON Patch it through. 31 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 31
The PATCHED PHONE LINE LIGHTS UP. Don punches the speaker (NOTE: he can see BUCKLEY via STREAMED VIDEO from the bus). DON Eppes. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) Sounds like you’re outside -- taking a lunch break? DON (eyes Colby, guy’s smart) Gettin’ some air... Whatta you want?
BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) Four duffle bags, equal splits. 50s and 100s. No consecutive serial numbers, no new bills, no marked bills. No surprises in the bags. DON Where’s the money going? BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) You’ll know soon.
CLICK. He hangs up. Don punches off the speaker, troubled. Colby looks down the road to see... The BUS approaching.
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COLBY Here they come. KING Any luck, we end this here. DON (more measured...) ...Guy’s smart. How does he not know we’re waiting for him? COLBY (re: approaching bus) We’ve got to hit the kill-switch, Don. DON (beat; a decision) You ready, Charlie? 32 INT. CALSCI - CHARLIE’S OFFICE - DAY 32
ON MONITORS, the same series of images: the SATELLITE MAPS, STREAMED VIDEO, DASH-CAM following the bus and surveillance cam angles on roadblock. Charlie types on his laptop. ON THE LAPTOP SCREEN we see flash: “smart-VIT SYSTEM PASSWORD ACCEPTED”... Charlie, on speakerphone -- CHARLIE I’m in. DON (V.O./ON HEADSET) ...Pull the plug. Charlie hits the kill-switch key. ON THE SCREEN we see: “INITIATING VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION”... The VIRTUAL SPEEDOMETER display shows the bus slowing down... CUT TO: 33 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 33
All watch as the BUS slows (the TWO SUVs trailing joined by TWO POLICE CARS hemming in the bus as it stops). Colby looks at the STREAMING VIDEO, sees the bad guys start to react. COLBY They know... They watch the STREAMING VIDEO, BUCKLEY dialing his cell... The PATCHED-PHONE LINE LIGHTS UP. Don punches the speaker -- BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) What are you doing, Eppes?
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DON We need to talk -- BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) No, you need to listen. As the bus stops, BUCKLEY grabs the MOTHER, holds a gun on her. Her kid SCREAMS. We can hear it and see it on video. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) (cont’d) Back off, re-start the engine. Or the next sound you hear you won’t forget. BUCKLEY yanks the MOTHER closer. She begs for her life! DON Kill her, you know what comes next. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) As many more as I can kill before you make entry. What’s your acceptable loss? -- Two? Seven? Ten? -- KING (hushed urgency, to Don) -- Zero. We need to take the shot -- COLBY -- We don’t have a visual -- KING -- One minute, my boys’ll have thermal -- COLBY -- We don’t have a minute. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) ...I guess you’ve made your decision. As BUCKLEY levels his gun... Don reacts -- DON Wait! -- and so does our Miami cop, JACK SHULER. He jumps up -- JACK SHULER (ON VIDEO) I’m a cop! BUCKLEY trains his gun on Shuler, unsure what to do, as... Our guys watch the drama play out on the STREAMING VIDEO.
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JACK SHULER (ON VIDEO) (cont’d) I’m worth more to you than anyone else here. Take me. BUCKLEY weighs his options. Lets the MOTHER go, takes Shuler. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) I got a cop, Eppes. One of yours... Don agonizes, as BUCKLEY holds a gun to Shuler’s head... 34 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 34
The scene plays out on the PLASMA, David and Walsh watching. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) Give me back my bus. David senses eyes watching behind him. He turns to see... CAITLIN at the door. She’s slipped past her ND AGENT escort, who’s just now arriving at her side. DAVID Get her outta here! NOW! The ND AGENT pulls Caitlin from the room... OFF CAITLIN’S POV -- her fiance with a gun to his head, our FBI guys seemingly powerless to stop the horror -- as she’s pulled away, the WAR ROOM AND EVERYTHING IN IT GROWING SMALLER AND SMALLER IN FRAME... END OF ACT ONE NUMB3RS: 512/91 - "Jacked" - Rev. Goldenrod - 11/25/08 24.
ACT TWO 35 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 35
RESUME Buckley with a gun on Shuler, Don negotiating. DON Let’s just slow things down, okay? BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) It’s simple, Eppes. You give me my bus, or I give you a bodybag. DON We shut the bus down remotely, it’s gonna take us time to restart it. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) I’m not stupid. DON I know that. I want those people alive, you want your money -- we each got a stake. I just need some time. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) (beat, deliberating) How long? DON I have to get a Tech working on it. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) You’ve got one hour. (shoves Shuler into his seat, gun on him) ...So does he. CLICK. OFF Don, dodging the bullet for now -- 36 INT. FBI - LOBBY - DAY 36
Walsh heads for the exit, David pursuing him -- DAVID Where are you going? LEN WALSH To talk to my boss. DAVID You’re gonna advise him to pay?
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LEN WALSH Anything happens on that bus, it’s on me. I want to see those eighteen people go home to their families. DAVID So do I... (making his pitch) We don’t know anything about these guys. Say we let the bus go. You pay. How do you know they won’t kill them? As long as we have eyes on that bus, those people have a chance. LEN WALSH And if this turns into Waco? OFF David’s look, he knows he can’t guarantee anything. 37 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 37
Don, Colby and King confab, eyes on the bus -- KING If we’re gonna go for an insertion, we gotta take ‘em down first. DON Snipers have a shot? KING Negative. They’ve got the heat cranked up to defeat our thermal, low- level jamming to kill eavesdropping. COLBY So they’ve got us blind. KING Last time your brother did a little magic with thermal signatures. Think he’s got anything in his bag for this? 38 INT. WAR ROOM/EXT. MOBILE COMMAND VAN/INT. CHARLIE’S OFFICE -38 DAY (INTERCUT)
David (in War Room) and Don (at Mobile Command Van) VIDEO- CONFERENCE with Charlie (in Charlie’s Office). (NOTE: All locations have: STREAMED VIDEO; DASH-CAM VIDEO; surveillance cam of roadblock. WAR ROOM & MOBILE COMMAND VAN also are receiving CHARLIE on VIDEO-CONFERENCE) --
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DON What do you think, Charlie? CHARLIE (ON VIDEO) I think World Peace has a better shot at happening in 60 minutes. DON 54. DAVID No pressure. CHARLIE (ON VIDEO) These guys have covered their bases, Don. They have the edge. David’s eyes drift toward the PLASMA...the STREAMED VIDEO. DAVID We’ve got an edge they don’t know about -- the video. Charlie’s eyes land on the STREAMED VIDEO on his laptop... CHARLIE (ON VIDEO) Yeah... (light bulb going off) Maybe I could use a Voxel-Based 3-D Capture. (then, explaining) I created a CAD program for the Architecture Department last year... OFF the image of Charlie ON VIDEO, transition to: BEGIN AUDIENCE VISION
A CAD “room,” filled with virtual furniture, lamps, etc... CHARLIE (cont’d) It allows designers to see what a space will look like from different angles, using different floorplans. The POV and the objects in the room now move around (and move around Charlie) -- light, shadow and perspective changing... CHARLIE (cont’d) As the observer and the objects move around, the CAD algorithm calculates light, shadow, perspective...
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38 CONTINUED: (2) 38 FOCUS now on one object (a floorlamp) -- vectors and numbers emerge from the light and shadow, calculating its position... CHARLIE (cont’d) ...Working backwards, those same elements can provide an exact measurement of an object’s location in the room, down to the millimeter. BACK TO SCENE
CHARLIE (ON VIDEO) (cont’d) Using the streamed video and the bus manufacturer’s specs, I could run a CAD program on the bus’s interior. DAVID ...The bus becomes the room. CHARLIE (ON VIDEO) ...And the bad guys, the furniture in it. The algorithm should give the snipers the targeting data they need. DON Let’s do it. 39 EXT. FBI - BRIDGE - DAY 39
Caitlin looking out over the city. Liz joins her. CAITLIN I suppose it’s no use asking... Off Liz’s look, there’s nothing she can say -- CAITLIN (cont’d) It was a mistake coming down here. LIZ If I were in your shoes, I’d do the same thing. CAITLIN It’s not like I don’t know the drill. Watching ‘em go out the door, knowing that may be the last time you see ‘em. LIZ It’s different... being the one on the other side, the one going to the job.
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CAITLIN Two days away from getting married... you think I’ll ever be a cop’s wife? LIZ We’re doing everything we can. 40 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 40
Don, Colby and King keep eyes on the bus, study the STREAMED VIDEO (bad guys with guns on the hostages). King’s edgy -- KING Shut out, no communication... all we got is this crap video from the guy’s phone. Soon as Charlie comes through, I say we take ‘em down, go in. DON We’re not doing anything ‘til we figure out what this guy’s up to. KING They got guns on 18 people, holding us up for 18 million bucks -- what more do you need to know? COLBY I’m with Don. It doesn’t make sense. What’s their endgame? KING It’s always the same -- they ask for a police car, a chopper, an escort to the airport. The longer we wait, the more time we give them... We take the shot, everyone goes home. COLBY Except maybe they don’t. A tense look between Colby and King. Don steps in -- DON We wait... until we can’t. KING Your call, but we’re all gonna have to live with it. DON You’re right... It’s my call.
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OFF Don’s look. Then, the STREAMED VIDEO, MATCH CUT TO: 41 INT. CALSCI - CHARLIE’S OFFICE - DAY 41
...The STREAMED VIDEO NOW ON CHARLIE’S LAPTOP. Next to it, ANOTHER LAPTOP showing the CAD SCHEMATIC of the interior of the bus (VIRTUAL PASSENGERS seated, VIRTUAL BAD GUYS in the aisle). Charlie works feverishly. Amita enters with coffee. AMITA How’s it going? CHARLIE Almost there. AMITA You know the situation is deteriorating, right? CHARLIE My 3-D Capture will be done in time. AMITA I’m talking about Larry and Alan. I just saw them nearly come to blows at the cafe. Theresa, the check-out lady, had to step in. CHARLIE Brave woman. AMITA Look, I realize we’ve got bigger issues right now, but you do get that sooner or later you’re gonna have to step in, yourself. CHARLIE They’re both grown men. Just because they’re not acting like it -- AMITA -- Means you have to. (beat) We both know Larry’s depressed about the shutdown of the CERN collider, the freeze on our Higgs’ research... and your dad, well, he’s being your dad. CHARLIE I don’t want to pick winners and losers... (MORE)
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41 CONTINUED: 41 CHARLIE (cont’d) (then, frustrated) Who elected me Team Leader, anyway? AMITA They did. (off his look) Don’t look at me -- I voted for myself. Charlie’s computer BEEPS. He checks the read-out -- CHARLIE ...Bullseye. 42 INT. FBI - TECH ROOM/EXT. MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY (INTERCUT)42
David (in Tech Room) briefs Don and Colby (at Command Van). DAVID Got ID’s on the rest of our crew... David punches up a BUS COMPANY I.D. PHOTO of PHIL CRAYPO (same images will appear on screens of the Mobile Command Van) -- DAVID (cont’d) ...Craypo, the mechanic, we know. David punches up a MUGSHOT/SURVEILLANCE PHOTO of BUCKLEY -- DAVID (cont’d) ...Our alpha, John Buckley. He’s pulled mostly high-end jobs -- jewelry store robberies, bank heists... COLBY Going for the home run this time. David punches up a MUGSHOT/SURVEILLANCE PHOTO of HAYS -- DAVID ...Andrew Hays. Drug-runner. Worked for the Colombians as a pilot. KING Confirms the airport getaway plan. David punches up a MUGSHOT/SURVEILLANCE PHOTO of KIROV -- DAVID Our hacker. Victor Kirov. Aside from getting caught, he’s one of the best. (MORE)
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42 CONTINUED: 42 DAVID (cont’d) (then) Good news is none of them has a history of violence. COLBY Bad news is there’s always a first time.
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DON How’re these guys connected? DAVID They’re not. Arrest records read like a travelogue, all over the country. No common denominator. COLBY Operation like this... a crew doesn’t just hook up on MySpace. DON Where’s Charlie on our math? DAVID I talked to him five minutes ago. He was working the last bugs out. David’s cell RINGS, he checks the display -- DAVID (cont’d) ...Looks like he’s done. 43 INT. CALSCI - CHARLIE’S OFFICE - DAY 43
ON CHARLIE’S MONITORS: STREAMED VIDEO from the bus; Charlie’s CAD SCHEMATIC of the VIRTUAL INTERIOR of the bus alongside a VIRTUAL EXTERIOR showing the windows; a REAL-TIME VIDEO FEED FROM the SIERRA ONE (SNIPER’s) VIDEO-SCOPE. Charlie types commands on his laptop... CHARLIE Program’s booting up... 44 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 44
...David and Walsh observe the same display on the PLASMAS -- the STREAMED VIDEO; and CHARLIE’S CAD SCHEMATIC split-screen of the VIRTUAL INTERIOR/VIRTUAL EXTERIOR; the SNIPER’s FEED. DAVID ...We’re ready, Don. 45 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 45
Don, Colby and King at the command center, with the same displays. DON Let’s light ‘em up. NUMB3RS: 512/91 - "Jacked" - Rev. Goldenrod - 11/25/08 32.
46 INT. CALSCI - CHARLIE’S OFFICE - DAY 46
Charlie lines up the shot on CRAYPO, his math coordinating between interior and exterior, using a “virtual laser dot.” CHARLIE I’ve got the first one. 47 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 47
King follows the targeting on the command center monitor. KING Sierra One, you copy? 48 INT. BUILDING OVERLOOKING THE ROAD - DAY 48
SIERRA ONE has a sniper rifle (its mounted VIDEO CAMERA SCOPE sending the VIDEO FEED to Charlie). He’s using an eyepiece that’s receiving Charlie’s “virtual” laser dot transmission to do his targeting. As he lines up Charlie’s “virtual” laser dot with his real laser dot -- SIERRA ONE (V.O.) Sierra One. I’ve got the shot. 49 INT. CALSCI - CHARLIE’S OFFICE - DAY 49
Charlie repeats the same procedure (with SIERRA TWO’s REAL- TIME VIDEO FEED from his VIDEO CAMERA SCOPE), targeting HAYS. CHARLIE ...Got Number Two. ON Charlie’s display, the virtual and real dots line up -- SIERRA TWO (V.O.) Sierra Two. I’ve got the shot. 50 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 50
David spies BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) dialing his cell... DAVID Don -- 51 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 51
DON -- I see him. The PATCHED LAND LINE LIGHTS UP, Don hits the speaker.
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BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) Your hour’s up. DON We need more time. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) Sorry to hear that. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) yanks Shuler out of his seat -- 52 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 52
David and Walsh watch their CAD display as SIERRA THREE lines up his real laser dot with Charlie’s virtual laser dot. SIERRA THREE (V.O.) Sierra Three. I’ve got the shot. 53 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 53
BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) You just want more time to work whatever angle it is you’re working -- DON -- Nobody’s working anything. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) You’re prolonging the situation, letting me think I’m in control. But I am in control -- DON Five minutes. That’s all I’m asking. BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) Why five minutes? What’s your play, Eppes? -- Sounds to me like you’re getting ready to insert... ANGLE ON COLBY AND KING KING We gotta do this. COLBY (into his headset mic) How’re we doing, Charlie? NUMB3RS: 512/91 - "Jacked" - Rev. Goldenrod - 11/25/08 34.
54 INT. CALSCI - CHARLIE’S OFFICE - DAY 54
Charlie works feverishly, getting a video feed from SIERRA FOUR’S SCOPE. The last target -- BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO and CAD/VIRTUALLY) -- is agitated, moving too much. Charlie’s virtual laser dot can’t get a fix... CHARLIE He’s moving, I can’t get a lock. 55 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 55
BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) ...What makes you think you can pull it off? -- You’re blind... BUCKLEY, edgier now, starts looking around. Eyes searching. ANGLE ON COLBY AND KING KING -- We gotta pull the trigger -- COLBY -- We’re not there yet -- BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) ...unless you’re not. BUCKLEY’s eyes are still searching... then he sees it! The CELL PHONE streaming the VIDEO. He stares into the lens! BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) (cont’d) You son of a bitch. BUCKLEY shoves Shuler into his seat and grabs the MOTHER.
BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) (cont’d) I said I’d kill the cop. I’m doubling down. DON Wait, let’s talk -- ANGLE ON COLBY AND KING KING -- He’s gonna kill her -- COLBY -- He knows what’ll happen --
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KING -- Maybe he doesn’t care. BUCKLEY points the gun at the MOTHER, she screams. Her son and the other passengers freak out! COLBY (urgent, into his mic) Charlie... 56 INT. CALSCI - CHARLIE’S OFFICE - DAY 56
Charlie’s finally lined up the shot! CHARLIE ...I got him, I got him! 57 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD/MOBILE COMMAND VAN - DAY 57
BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) Tell the bus company you just got them a discount. BUCKLEY throws the MOTHER to the floor, levels his gun -- DON JACK SHULER (ON VIDEO) Wait! -- Wait! Shuler jumps out of his seat -- JACK SHULER (ON VIDEO) ...I put it there. The FBI had nothing to do with it. A beat, as BUCKLEY processes. He aims his gun at Shuler -- BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) ...You just can’t help yourself. On the CAD display we see SIERRA FOUR’s real laser dot line up with Charlie’s virtual laser dot -- SIERRA FOUR (V.O./ON HEADSETS) Sierra Four. I’ve got the shot. DON Do it! Take it! Take it! KING Take the shot! Take the shot!
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The SNIPERS (SIERRA TEAM) fire! The BULLETS pierce the painted windows of the bus. Don orders the SWAT TEAM in! DON Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go! Don, Colby, King and the SIX SWAT GUYS storm the bus! -- 58 INT. SIGHTSEEING BUS - DAY 58
-- to find it empty! Except for the BUS DRIVER, seated in the driver’s seat, wearing a headset, a bomb belt around his waist. Scared to death. He gestures to the bomb belt -- BUS DRIVER Get me outta this thing! King takes one look at the bomb -- KING They forgot the grounding wire. -- and yanks the detonator. The Driver flinches, nothing happens. DON Where are the passengers? BUS DRIVER Gone. Colby looks up to see... a VIDEO CAMERA rigged above them. COLBY He’s watching us... BUCKLEY (O.S.) ...Wrong bus, Eppes. They FOLLOW THE VOICE to a MONITOR at the Driver’s feet, displaying the SAME STREAMED VIDEO we’ve been watching, BUCKLEY still holding his gun on Shuler -- 59 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 59
David and Walsh are watching, too as... BUCKLEY (ON VIDEO) You think I’d really let some cop sneak video out right under my nose? I told you I’m in control. See for yourself --
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BUCKLEY fires twice! TWO SLUGS rip into Shuler’s chest. He falls to the floor, dead. BUCKLEY leans into the cell camera lens... then smashes it with his gun. OFF THE IMAGE GOING TO SNOW... END OF ACT TWO NUMB3RS: 512/91 - "Jacked" - Rev. Goldenrod - 11/25/08 38.
ACT THREE 60 EXT. AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD - DAY 60
Don and Colby question the Bus Driver, off the bus, no bomb belt. DON What the hell happened? BUS DRIVER After they took over the bus, they made me drive to an alley. There was another bus there waiting, they transferred over the passengers. (beat) They knew about the panic button. They put the bomb belt on me, told me to push it, send the distress call. COLBY They wanted us to follow you. (then, to Don) Only time we didn’t have eyes on them was those first few minutes. BUS DRIVER They gave me the headset so they could radio me instructions... COLBY ...Leading us on a wild-goose chase for the next two hours. Don and Colby step away to confer -- COLBY (cont’d) They could be anywhere by now. DON He played us. COLBY And killed a cop... showing us he’s in the driver’s seat, we can’t stop him. Don sees KING debriefing his SNIPERS. Colby senses his mood. COLBY (cont’d) You made the right call, Don. There was no way to know.
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DON Maybe we pushed him... if I hadn’t called for the shot, he wouldn’t have pulled the trigger. COLBY You can’t be inside the guy’s head. DON That’s my job. 61 INT. FBI - BULLPEN - DAY 61
Liz briefs David, on the move -- LIZ The second bus was stolen from the company’s repair yard last night. DAVID Another security screw-up. David looks across the Bullpen, to WALSH, in the War Room -- DAVID (cont’d) Kinda makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Walsh has been itching to pay. LIZ You think he’s in on it? DAVID I’m still looking for the link to tie our bad guys together. Maybe the connection’s right in front of us. LIZ (beat, looks to David) What do I tell his fiancee? DAVID He died doing his job. Beyond that... (eyeing Liz) You want me to do it? LIZ No. I should. An ND AGENT walks up, interrupts -- ND AGENT Line One. It’s him.
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They cross to David’s desk, he hits the speakerphone -- DAVID This is Agent Sinclair. BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) Where’s Eppes? DAVID Taking a leak. What do you want? BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) Now that you spent the past two hours chasing your tails, getting a cop killed... let’s get down to business. You’ve got 90 minutes. DAVID You said seven o’clock. BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) You lost a hostage and a half-hour. CLICK. David punches off the speaker, swaps a look with Liz. LIZ He’s moving the goalposts. What now? DAVID We try to move them back. Off which, CUT TO: 62 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM/CHARLIE’S OFFICE - DAY (INTERCUT) 62
Charlie (ON PLASMA) VIDEO-CONFERENCES with David and Walsh. CHARLIE (ON VIDEO) Clearly he’s keeping us off-balance. The diversion tactics... shifting deadlines... threats. Classic. Perfect for an Inverse Game Theory Analysis...
LEN WALSH I think I missed that day in school. CHARLIE (ON VIDEO) You play poker? LEN WALSH Yeah...
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CHARLIE (ON VIDEO) So this is a poker game... BEGIN AUDIENCE VISION DON and BUCKLEY, shades and cigars, play Five Card Draw. Charlie joins in, sits down and deals the cards... CHARLIE (cont’d) ...Two players, each dealt a finite number of cards from a finite deck... DON and BUCKLEY fan out their hands, study their cards -- CHARLIE (cont’d) ...just like the FBI has a finite number of tools at its disposal... The kidnappers, a finite number of bargaining chips. ANGLE ON BUCKLEY, measuring DON... CHARLIE (cont’d) Right now, the kidnappers have the advantage. They’ve studied our procedures, tendencies... REVEAL that DON’s cards are facing out, BUCKLEY can see them. CHARLIE (cont’d) They know our hand. And they’re playing accordingly... BUCKLEY wins, sweeps the pot toward him. New deal... CHARLIE (cont’d) But what they don’t know is, the more they play, the more they reveal their own game -- BUCKLEY gathers his hand, but this time one of his cards is facing out (so DON can see it). CHARLIE (cont’d) -- giving us a clearer picture of their own decision-making process. More and more of BUCKLEY’s cards begin to face out, until all become visible to DON... BACK TO SCENE
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CHARLIE (ON VIDEO) (cont’d) By analyzing the kidnappers’ moves -- modeling their strategy -- I may be able to level the game. LEN WALSH Except this isn’t a game. I’ve already lost one hostage. (looks hard at David) Next time the phone rings, I’m doing the talking. OFF David measuring Walsh, his suspicions growing. 63 INT. FBI - INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY 63
Liz with Caitlin, who cups her hands around a mug of hot tea. LIZ Jack was a hero. You need to know that. CAITLIN Maybe someday that’ll make it easier, but right now... (beat, looking at Liz) I can’t go back to that hotel room, see his things... LIZ I can send someone with you. CAITLIN Do you think I could just... stay here another hour or two, at least until I get my feet under me. Liz holds Caitlin’s look, something suddenly bothering her. LIZ A couple hours... Sure. Let me get you some more tea. Liz takes Caitlin’s tea mug. She gets up, exits into... 64 INT. FBI - BULLPEN - DAY 64
...where, en route to the kitchen, she stops at a cubicle. She puts the tea mug down in front of an ND AGENT. LIZ Bag this and send it to the lab. Put a rush on the prints. NUMB3RS: 512/91 - "Jacked" - Rev. Goldenrod - 11/25/08 43.
65 INT. CALSCI - HALLWAY - DAY 65
Charlie and Amita walk and talk -- CHARLIE ...It isn’t making sense. AMITA What isn’t? CHARLIE The kidnappers’ game play. They’re like a “streak” poker player. They go on a run, then suddenly go cold. Make mistakes an amateur would make. AMITA Maybe we’re overestimating them. CHARLIE We’re missing a variable.
As they near the corner, they hear VOICES, elevated -- LARRY (O.S.) We’re not getting anywhere, Alan. ALAN (O.S.) You don’t have to tell me. We’ve been having this same conversation for twenty minutes. Amita and Charlie hustle around the corner to find... Alan and Larry in tense discussion. ALAN (cont’d) Larry, you’re not listening --
LARRY I am listening. I’m just not finding your argument very persuasive -- ALAN Because you’re not listening! CHARLIE Guys! Stop it! -- This is getting out of hand. You two need to start acting like adults. ALAN We are.
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Off Charlie’s skeptical look -- LARRY We were engaged in a legitimate discourse. CHARLIE ...About whose idea is better, I know. ALAN Actually, we were discussing the merits of each other’s ideas -- LARRY -- Alan and I have each decided to concede. Of course, that itself has become a new point of contention. AMITA Wait a minute. You two are at each other’s throats over... not being at each other’s throats. Larry and Alan enjoy the absurdity -- ALAN We could do a Think Tank on that. LARRY The “Eppes-Fleinhardt Paradox.” ALAN “Fleinhardt-Eppes.” (then, eyeing Larry) Did you just trick me into taking second position?
Larry smiles. So does Amita -- AMITA “Rabbit Season/Duck Season”... (off confused looks) Bugs Bunny tricks Daffy Duck into declaring “duck season” by declaring “rabbit season.” Elmer Fudd shoots Daffy, his beak spins around... it’s a good one... Amita’s lost them. She appeals to Charlie -- AMITA (cont’d) ...Am I alone here?
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-- but Charlie has that faraway look... CHARLIE ...It’s a paradox. LARRY What are you talking about, Charles? CHARLIE The kidnappers. The mistakes they’ve been making aren’t mistakes. Because they’re making them on purpose... I’ve gotta go. Charlie rushes off. ALAN That was predictable. LARRY Is it me, or is it possible our Think Tank just had its first breakthrough? 66 INT. FBI - BULLPEN - DAY 66
Don and Liz stare across the Bullpen at... Caitlin, alone in the Coffee Room, drinking tea -- LIZ I tracked down Jack Shuler’s partner in Miami. He’s never heard of any Caitlin Dawes, let alone a fiancee. Liz hands him a file (MUG SHOT/SURVEILLANCE PHOTO attached) -- LIZ (cont’d) Real name’s Caitlin Rienzi. Series of collars for fraud. One of them an identity theft scheme, stealing houses from retirees. Guy running the scam was John Buckley -- DON -- our alpha... LIZ She’s in on it. Watching our every move, stepping out to make calls to Buckley, keeping him in the loop. DON How’d you know?
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LIZ Most “grieving widows” want to get away from this place as fast as they can. She wanted to stay... two more hours. DON ...To make sure we were paying the ransom. LIZ You want to throw her in the box? DON She’ll lawyer up. She wants to stay, let her stay -- LIZ -- And we keep eyes on her. David walks up, interrupts. Urgent -- DAVID I found our crew’s connection. 67 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - DAY 67
-- PICK UP Don, David and Liz entering, on the move -- LIZ Let me guess, Walsh. DAVID No... David punches up our FOUR BAD GUYS on the PLASMA -- DAVID (cont’d) ...Buckley, Hays, Kirov, Craypo. Four years ago, they were all swept up in a series of drug raids -- LIZ -- Part of a RICO investigation of the Cuban cartel. But they were all busted in different cities... DAVID ...interviewed at different times. One of the guys doing the interviews was a narcotics detective TAD’d to the feds... From Miami P.D.
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David punches up a MIAMI P.D. ID PHOTO of JACK SHULER, it ZOOMS FORWARD FULL-SCREEN... DON Shuler? -- You gotta be kidding me. DAVID Buckley’s the brains, but Shuler put the crew together. LIZ I don’t get it. Shuler’s the one who sent us the video, he tried to stop these guys. DAVID Second thoughts, maybe. Buckley starts threatening women and children, the cop in him comes out... Charlie enters, joining them (having heard this last) -- CHARLIE Guess again. Off their looks -- CHARLIE (cont’d) I was struggling with my model of the kidnappers’ strategy. There were too many inconsistencies in their otherwise high level of play. Then it hit me -- the best way to cheat is to not seem like you’re cheating. DON I don’t follow you. CHARLIE They’ve been showing us their hand. But only the cards they wanted us to see. Think about it -- the driver hitting the panic button, the obvious route to the airport, all their “mistakes” we thought we were capitalizing on... it was a cheat. Stagecraft. And they saved the best show for last -- LIZ (putting it together) ...The video. NUMB3RS: 512/91 - "Jacked" - Rev. Goldenrod - 11/25/08 48.
68 INT. FBI - TECH ROOM - DAY 68
ON PLASMA, the STREAMED VIDEO... Don, David, Colby watching. DON Slow the last part down. DAVID * Go frame by frame. *
The TECH runs the VIDEO in EXTREME SLO-MO... final seconds when BUCKLEY shoots Shuler. In SLO-MO, BLOOD-SQUIBS pop-pop on Shuler slightly before the gun’s muzzle flashes! COLBY The shots are out of sync. Bullet-hits are popping before the gun’s firing... DON Only one way that happens -- DAVID Buckley was firing blanks -- COLBY -- And the bullet-hits were fake. DON Run it back. Push in on our Hacker. The TECH plays it back, ZOOMS IN ON KIROV (the Hacker). We see him working a hand-held remote, in sync with the squibs. COLBY He rigged the phony blood hits, triggered them remotely.
DON It was all staged -- DAVID -- the streamed video, murdering the cop... they put on a show for us and we bought it. COLBY And somewhere they’re still holding a busload of hostages with guns to their heads. OFF the image of the “dead” Jack Shuler... END OF ACT THREE NUMB3RS: 512/91 - "Jacked" - Rev. Goldenrod - 11/25/08 49.
ACT FOUR 69 INT. FBI - TECH ROOM - DAY 69
ON THE PLASMA... Reprise the last seconds of the SLO-MO VIDEO of Shuler’s faked death. The TECH STOPS the VIDEO, as we...... REVEAL WALSH now watching, with David, Liz and Charlie. LEN WALSH The girl’s in on it, too? DAVID They wanted insurance. LIZ Confirmation we were taking the bait. LEN WALSH At least I don’t have a dead cop on my conscience. DAVID They’re still holding 17 other people. LIZ They haven’t killed anyone yet, but that could change if we don’t give them what they want. CHARLIE ...I’m not so sure. (off their looks) Consider the game they’re playing. So far, every step of the way, their strategy has shown a marked inclination toward non-violence. In fact, they’ve gone out of their way not to kill anyone. DAVID (putting it together) ...The bomb belt was a dud, the murder of Shuler was faked... LIZ ...consistent with their rap sheets -- no history of violence. CHARLIE They want us to believe they’re capable of killing --
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LIZ -- but you don’t think they are. CHARLIE Illusion is their weapon.
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LEN WALSH You’re not seriously suggesting we should call their bluff... DAVID We can’t take that chance. CHARLIE We don’t have to. (off David’s look) The dynamic’s shifted. We’re seeing all their cards now -- including the ones they didn’t want us to see. We have the edge, this time for real. 70 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - NIGHT 70
THE LAND LINE PHONE LIGHTS UP... Don and Walsh look at the clock on the wall: 6 pm. DON You ready? Walsh nods. A beat, then Walsh hits the speakerphone. LEN WALSH This is Len Walsh. Head of Security, HollywoodLine Tours. BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) It’s about time. Where’s Eppes? LEN WALSH I told the FBI to take a step back. BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) So you’re the boss now. Okay, boss, change of plans. I want the money wired to an account in the Caymans. I just e-mailed instructions to your office. LEN WALSH ...Okay. BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) As soon as I have confirmation the money’s been sent, you’ll receive another message with the location of the hostages. Play nice, everyone gets to go home and the cop’s family gets a body to bury.
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LEN WALSH How do I know you’ll stick to your side of the bargain? BUCKLEY (ON PHONE) There’s only one thing you can count on. If I don’t get my money by 6:30, a kid’s not gonna have a mom. CLICK. Don punches off the speakerphone, looks to Walsh -- DON Now we wait for the messenger. 71 INT. BUS STATION - NIGHT 71
CAITLIN moves through the crowd, on her cell -- CAITLIN ...It’s me. I just left the FBI. After you called, two bank guards showed up with the money. They loaded it into four duffle bags. You’ve never seen so much green... A beat as she listens... watches a FIGURE moving toward her, ballcap pulled low. He looks up -- it’s JACK SHULER. CAITLIN (cont’d) ...Jack’s here. We’ll be at the safe house in an hour. She hangs up. Comes face to face with Shuler -- CAITLIN (cont’d) You look good for a dead guy. JACK SHULER A share of 17 million has a healing effect. She smiles. Then spies TWO MEN (ND AGENTS) now standing at the ENTRANCE, watching. Her eyes dart to the STAIRWAY LEADING TO THE EXIT AT THE BACK, same thing. All the exits are covered. JACK SHULER (cont’d) What’s wrong? Caitlin feels eyes on her. She turns around to see... LIZ.
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LIZ ...There’s the happy couple. The bus for Vegas just left. Shuler goes for his waistband. A GUN jabs his ribs. REVEAL DAVID behind Shuler, his gun under a jacket on his arm. Shuler’s hand lingers near his waistband for another beat. David presses his gun harder into Shuler’s ribs -- DAVID You want to die twice in one day? Shuler eases his hand back. DAVID (cont’d) You’re gonna show us where that bus is. OFF Shuler’s look -- he doesn’t have much choice... CUT TO: 72 INT. ND WAREHOUSE - NIGHT 72
STEALTHING THROUGH, we come upon THE BUS. Surrounded by the trappings of low-tech film F/X -- make-shift movie lights, four speakers on stands (simulating traffic noise), a 2-by-4 wooden board jammed under a tire to simulate road movement. REVEAL KING and COLBY with TWO SWAT GUYS moving, keeping eyes on the bus. They spy... CRAYPO, HAYS and KIROV guarding the perimeter, AKs slung. King and Colby get on their headset mics -- KING Bus is inside, same deal as before -- windows painted, can’t get a visual. We got three bad guys with AKs guarding the perimeter. COLBY ...Buckley and the hostages must still be inside the bus. KING What’s the plan? ANGLE ON DON with TWO MORE SWAT GUYS moving in from another direction, keeping eyes on the bus (INTERCUT BETWEEN THEM) --
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DON We’ve got five minutes before the phone rings. You take out the guys with the AKs. COLBY What about Buckley? DON I got him covered. Off Don’s look, TIME CUT TO: 73 INT. ND WAREHOUSE - NIGHT - MOMENTS LATER 73
BAD GUY #1 (CRAYPO) paces, AK slung over his shoulder. COLBY AND KING, with the TWO SWAT GUYS watch from behind a line of pillars twenty yards away. King looks to Colby -- KING You got 20 bucks? COLBY You going out for cigarettes? King holds his hand out -- give. Colby shrugs, digs into his pocket. CUT TO: CRAYPO, pacing. He looks down, sees a $20 bill on the ground. The wind blows it toward the line of pillars. CRAYPO can’t help himself. He chases the bill, slides his trigger-hand off the gun to reach for it. A HAND GOES ACROSS HIS MOUTH, GUN TO HIS HEAD. It’s King. Colby and the TWO SWAT GUYS have guns pointed at him. OFF CRAYPO, giving up --
ANGLE ON DON with the TWO OTHER SWAT GUYS. They close in. Don keeps his eyes on the bus. He checks his watch, as... 74 OMITTED 74 75 INT. SIGHTSEEING BUS - NIGHT 75
Buckley checks his: it’s 6:30. Buckley reaches for his cell, as... 76 INT. ND WAREHOUSE - NIGHT 76
BAD GUYS #2 and #3 (HAYS and KIROV) follow a HISSING SOUND to the rear of the bus. They find a NAIL jammed in a TIRE, air escaping. HAYS and KIROV bend down to get a closer look...
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COLBY (O.S.) You wanna call Triple-A? They turn to see Colby and King, guns in their faces, the TWO SWAT GUYS behind them with more firepower. OFF which -- 77 INT. FBI - WAR ROOM - NIGHT 77
David, with Walsh, sees the LAND LINE PHONE LIGHT UP. DAVID (on radio, to Don) 6:30. He’s calling, Don. DON (ON RADIO) Patch it through. 78 INT. ND WAREHOUSE - NIGHT 78
Don, still closing on the bus with the TWO SWAT GUYS, answers his cell -- DON Eppes. 79 INT. SIGHTSEEING BUS - NIGHT 79
Buckley on his cell -- INTERCUT PHONE CONVERSATION: BUCKLEY Bus company guy get fired? DON I think it’s time we really got down to business. You and me.
Don’s phrasing sets Buckley on edge -- no acting this time. He drops the cell to his side, grabs his walkie-talkie -- BUCKLEY (into walkie-talkie) Hays, you there...? (no response, just static) Kirov...? Craypo...? No response, STATIC. Buckley peers through the windshield, sees SHADOWS. He gets back on the cell, plays it cool -- DON You got no way out.
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BUCKLEY I think you’re wrong. Buckley hangs up. He points his gun at the PASSENGERS -- BUCKLEY (cont’d) Everybody on your feet. Now! 80 INT. ND WAREHOUSE - NIGHT - MOMENTS LATER 80
Don, joined by Colby and King, FOUR SWAT GUYS with them, hunker down and take cover behind a wall. They watch as... BUCKLEY advances on foot toward them, into a pool of light. He’s encircled by the PASSENGERS, using them as a shield. He holds the MOTHER closest to him. KING Nice work, Eppes. You got us a visual... He nods to THREE SNIPERS in position along the upper walkway. KING (cont’d) ...My boys are ready. DON No one takes a shot ‘til I say so. Off King’s hard look... BUCKLEY calls out to Don -- BUCKLEY Back your guys off, Eppes. (nods to MOTHER) She and I are driving out of here. DON It’s not gonna happen. BUCKLEY How many people do you want to see die? DON No one’s dying. Don steps out, hands stretched out away from him, no gun. As Colby, King, SWAT and the SNIPERS cover him, he edges toward BUCKLEY, addresses the PASSENGERS surrounding him.
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DON (cont’d) Listen to me, all of you. I want you to step away, one by one. As soon as you’re clear, make your way to the SWAT guys. You’ll be safe with them. The PASSENGERS look around confused. BUCKLEY reacts --
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BUCKLEY Are you nuts? (to the Passengers) I’ll kill the first one who tries. DON He’s not going to kill anyone. The MOTHER speaks up, frightened -- MOTHER He killed a cop, we saw him. They dragged his body off the bus. DON You mean the guy over there. Don throws a look to a PILLAR. TWO SWAT GUYS step out from behind it. SHULER, in cuffs, is with them, clearly visible. DON (cont’d) It was all a show. He had blanks in the gun, same gun he has now. Again, Don makes his plea to the PASSENGERS -- DON (cont’d) Walk away. He’s not gonna stop you. Just take that first step. You’ve gotta trust me. A beat, as the PASSENGERS trade confused looks... The SNIPERS’ fingers are on the triggers, ready to fire... Colby and King watch as... ONE OF THE PASSENGERS makes his choice. He peels away slowly, then runs to a waiting SWAT GUY. BUCKLEY does nothing. Seeing this, one by one, the PASSENGERS test the waters themselves, start to peel away and run. The trickle becomes a flood. BUCKLEY watches, helpless to stop them. He tries to hang onto the MOTHER. But it’s no use. She shoves him away, breaks free and runs to a waiting SWAT GUY. Her SON falls into her arms. BUCKLEY is left exposed, gun at his side.
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DON (cont’d) Put the gun down. BUCKLEY Why would I do that? DON Blanks or no blanks... the longer you stand there, the better the chance one of these guys is gonna shoot you. A beat, as BUCKLEY holds Don’s look. A thin smile crosses his face. BUCKLEY You win. He slowly puts the gun down on the ground. Don, Colby, King and TWO SWAT GUYS move in to take BUCKLEY into custody. Colby checks Buckley’s gun, looks to Don --
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COLBY ...Blanks. BUCKLEY How did you know? DON I didn’t. (then) But I got this Game Theory guy... he was pretty sure. As King cuffs BUCKLEY, he looks to Don -- KING (wry) I did have the shot. A buddy-cop nod between them. OFF Buckley being led away... CUT TO: 81 INT. FBI - BULLPEN - NIGHT 81
ND AGENTS escort CAITLIN and SHULER, in cuffs, toward the elevator (taking them down to booking). REVEAL Don observing. David walks up, joins him -- DAVID Liz took off. DON She’s got an early flight. DAVID I heard. Denver... She gonna take the job?
DON Guess we’ll know soon. Don watches Shuler, as he throws a last look back to Don -- DON (cont’d) I thought for sure I got him killed. DAVID You kept your focus, you were a leader... and nobody died today. DON And tomorrow?
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DAVID You’ll get it right all over again. (beat) You gotta have a little faith. DON I’m trying. Don looks at David. OFF the two of them exchanging a smile. 82 INT. EPPES HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 82
A CHAMPAGNE CORK POPS! Charlie pours for Amita and himself, as Larry pops the top on a bottle of beer. O.S. we HEAR the front door close. Alan enters -- ALAN Looks like I’m late to the party. Beer and champagne -- isn’t that overkill? CHARLIE It’s symbolic... of Amita’s brilliant solution to the great Think Tank controversy. ALAN Which is...? AMITA Rabbit Season/Duck Season... who says you can’t have both? (explaining) JPL’s looking for a team to consult on the next-generation planetary rover -- LARRY Key to exploration of the fundamental questions of science and philosophy -- how did the world come to be, why are we here, what is our destiny...? CHARLIE ...But also critical to advancements in robotics -- for search and rescue missions, oil and gas exploration, surgery, you name it... Alan considers the idea, looks to Larry -- ALAN You good with this?
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LARRY I am. ...You? ALAN I like it. (then, to Amita) This is your plan? AMITA That’s right. CHARLIE ...Appropriate given that Amita is our new Team Leader. ALAN Since when? CHARLIE This afternoon. I enlisted Galuski and Brecker in engineering a coup. With me and Amita, the voting majority’s spoken. LARRY ...Wisely, I’d say. ALAN (grabbing a beer) Well, this calls for a toast. All raise glasses and bottles -- ALAN (cont’d) To Rabbit Season. LARRY ...Duck Season. ALAN I like Rabbit Season. LARRY ...Duck Season. CHARLIE (looks to Amita) You want a recount? AMITA I’m thinking about it.
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ALAN Load up! OFF glasses and bottles raised, CLINKING, the party starting... END OF EPISODE